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J. J. BISEL. GARMENT SUPPORTING BRACKET- Patented Now- 1 4, @1893;

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V'JOSEPHIEBISEL'OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A SIeNoR OF- ONE- HALF o A srtosE B. OLEMMER AND ISAAC S. STOVER, OF SAME PLACE.

GARM ENT- SU RT ING BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,861, dated November 14, 1893.

Application filed March 23, 1893. Seria1ll'o.467.303- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J oSEPIIJ BISEL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of. Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporting Brackets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying'drawings.

My invention relates to an improved garment-supporting bracket, designed for use principally in wardrobes, the garm nts being suspended from the bracket.

The invention, broadly stated, consists" in a garment-supporting bracket having an upper strand and a lower strand, hooks on the latter, an eye at the rear end of each strand, all these parts being formed integral from a single piece of wire, and a link connecting the two strands.

Figure'l of the drawings is a perspective view of my improved bracket. Fig. 2 is a side view of the Same pivotally attached to an overhead support, as the shelf of a wardrobe. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of a hook on which the bracket is pivoted, the washer being omitted. Fig. 4. is aside view of a slightly modified form of bracket, adapted to be attached to a vertical support, as the back' of a wardrobe.

In making my bracket I take a piece of wire and first bend one-end to form an eye 1, and from the plane ofthis' eye I give the upper strand A a slight downward incline in the forward direction, for a purpose hereinafter stated. A short distance forward of this eye I bend the wire at 2 so as to make a slight depression in the strand; and then at a point sufficiently remote from the eye to give a bracket of the desired length I bend the wire backward at 3 on a curve in such manner that the lower strand B will be directly under the upper strand A when the Finally, I secure the two strands together by a wire link D, fastened at its ends in the depressions 2 and 4. In attaching this bracket to a shelf E of a wardrobe, or other overhead support, I make use of the hook F shown in Fig. 3, the stem of which has a plain portion 6, and above that a screw-threaded portion -7.

Over the stem of this hook I place'a washer 8, and-then pass the stem through the eyes of the bracket, and screw the threaded portion into the shelf, leaving the eyes of the bracket free to turn on the plainportion 6 of the stem, the lower eye being prevented by the washer from bearing on the shoulder 9 of the hook.

The bracket shown in Fig. 4 differs from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 only in that instead of inclining the rear end of strand B upward and rearward it is made to stand substantially parallel with the rear end of strand A, so that the eyes may be pivoted on L- shaped studs 10.

By inclining the upper strand the bracket is made to clear the shelf; and by giving the described inclination to the lower strand the center of gravity of the weightplaeed on the bracket is thrown rearward, thereby lessen ing the leverage that would otherwise be exerted.

The above-described bracket is cheap in construction, light and serviceable, and at the same time fully serves all useful purposes to which the costlier and heavy wardrobebars can be put. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A garment-supporting bracket having an upper strand and a lower strand, a series of hooks on the latter, an eye atthe rear end of each strand, all these parts being formed integral from a single piece of wire, and a link connecting the two strands.

2. A garment-supporting bracket having an upper strand provided with an eye at its rear end, a lower strand provided with an eye at its rear end and carrying a series of hooks, that portion of said strand which carries the hooks being inclined downward toward the rear, said strands, eyes, and hooks all formed integral from a single piece of wire, and a link connecting the two strands;

3. A garment-supporting bracket having an upper strand provided with an eye at its rear end and inclined slightly downward in a forward direction from theplane of said eye,

a lower strand carrying a series of hooks and JOSEPH J. BISEL,

Witnesses:

IONE SoHIEDT, RUBY MAGHENRY. 

